Mr. Carl Mayes
Carl A. Mayes was named assistant chief information officer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) Office of the Chief Information Office (OCIO) in March 2020. In this role, Mayes is responsible for leading the information technology (IT) modernization efforts for OCIO and ensuring FSIS’ IT needs are met, which supports FSIS’ Strategic Goal 3: Achieve Operational Excellence.
From October 2014 to February 2020, Mayes was the assistant administrator for the Office of Investigation, Enforcement and Audit. He led the agency’s surveillance and investigation activities for incidents of foodborne illness outbreaks, recalls, natural disasters and intentional contamination, and oversaw state and foreign audit programs and enforcement and litigation functions.
Mayes joined FSIS in August 2009 as the associate chief information officer responsible for policy and governance, program management and organizational assurance and human resource functions within OCIO. He was named OCIO’s deputy chief information officer (DCIO) in 2012. As the DCIO, Mayes was responsible for implementing OCIO’s technology plan for modernizing FSIS’ applications and infrastructure.
His federal, civilian service career began in 2006, with the Counterintelligence Field Activity, where he worked closely within the U. S. intelligence community with other federal agencies to further U.S. national objectives. Previously, Mayes spent 21 years in the U. S. Air Force where he served as the Deputy Inspector General for the 480th Intelligence Wing at Langley Air Force Base. In this role, he managed fraud, waste and abuse complaints and audits, as well as compliance and quality assurance inspections for units actively involved in wartime and contingency operations worldwide.
Mayes graduated from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virgina, with a Doctor of Business Administration in information systems. Additionally, he graduated from Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia, with a Master of Business Administration and received a Master of Management Information Systems from the University of Illinois Springfield in Springfield, Illinois. He holds a dual Bachelor of Science in computer information systems/management and accounting/management from Park University, in Parkville, Missouri.